New & Noteworthy Books
New Books from Independent &
University Presses
See full list of noteworthy books by category below
Posted on March 11, 2010
darkacre
Poetry by Greg Hewett
Coffee House Press, April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-56689-245-2
Paperback: 130pp; $16.00
From back cover: Through exploring the infrastructure of civilization and the body's intimate topography, Greg Hewett once again brings his poetic imagination to bear on histories both personal and collective.
Fascia
Fiction by Ashley Donielle Murray
Green Lantern Press, 2009
ISBn-10: 0-9820292-5-X
Paperback: 149pp; $20.00
The debut collection of short fiction by Ashley Donielle Murphy. The stories in the collection describe the threads that connect us to each other and our own histories.
Floats
Horse-Floats or Horse-Flows
Poetry & Fiction by Leslie Scalapino
Starcherone Books, April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9788811-9-1
Paperback: 164pp; $18.00
From back cover: [M]iners, polar bears, insurgents sweeping the desert in Toyota pickups, a detective on the trail of illegal fur traders, Venus Williams's deconstructed forehand [. . .] and so much more.
How
to Take Yourself Apart, How to Make Yourself Anew
Fiction by Aaron Burch
Pank, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9824697-2-9
Paperback: 52pp; $10.00
A little "how to" book full of short stories on how to do a number of things, not only on just how to take yourself apart.
I
Just Lately Started Buying Wings
Missives from the Other Side of Silence
Nonfiction by Kim Dana Kupperman
Graywolf Press, July 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-560-9
Paperback: 224pp; $15.00
Winner of the 2009 Bakeless Nonfiction prize, this is Kupperman's debut collection of essays that "plumb the emotional and spiritual depths of a transitory life."
Life
of a Star
Fiction by Jane Unrue
Burning Deck Press, April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-886224-96-4
Paperback: 112pp; $14.00
From back cover: An actress of sorts, a woman recalls her childhood, longs for her absent lover, imagines traveling overseas, and wanders through gardens and galleries of art.
Moth
Moon
Poetry by Matt Jasper
BlazeVOX [books], August 2009
ISBN-13: 9781935402541
Paperback: 81pp; $16.00
A collection of poetry by Matt Jasper who "collects schizophrenic autobiographies and makes lists of poet enemies in Farmington, New Hampshire." //
Non/Fiction
Nonfiction by Dan Gutstein
Edge Books, April 2010
ISBN-13: 9781890311254
Paperback: 140pp; $16.00
"Daniel Gutstein has published more than 125 poems and stories in more than 60 publications." This is a collection of short/shorts on a variety of subjects covering a range of idioms. //
Toad's
Museum of Freaks and Wonders
Fiction by Goldie Goldbloom
New Issues Poetry & Prose, February 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-930974-88-3
Hardcover: 321pp; $26.00
Winner of the 2008 AWP Award for the Novel. After a failed career as a concert pianist, Gin accepts a marriage proposal from the peculiar Mr. Toad, thus starting a new life in the Austrailian outback on a subsistence farm.
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received
March 11, 2010
Chapbook
Old Men, Girls, and Monsters, Peter Schwartz, Dogzplot/Achilles //
Children's/YA
Dance of the Eggshells, Carla Aragon, Univ of New Mexico Press //
Strange Parents, Julia Mercedes Castilla, Arte Publico Press //
Fiction
Dilemmas of Deokie, Carol Sammy, Heinemann
End of the Line, Mike Manno, Gale
Fascia, Ashley Donielle Murray, Green Lantern Press
Hook & Jill, Andrea Jones, Publishingworks
How to Take Yourself Apart, How to Make Yourself Anew, Aaron Burch, Pank
Life of a Star, Jane Unrue, Burning Deck Press
Miracle Boy and Other Stories, Pinckney Benedict, Press 53 //
Rattlesnakes & the Moon, Darlin' Neal, Press 53 //
Running Waters, T.M. Murphy, Seton Murphy, Publishingworks
Toad's Museum of Freaks and Wonders, Goldie Goldbloom, New Issues Poetry & Prose
Nonfiction
B.S. Business Satire, John Auger, Jerry Serra, Publishingworks, Inc. //
I Just Lately Started Buying Wings, Kim Dana Kupperman, Graywolf Press
Lost in the Hive, Brian O'Mara-Croft, Publishingworks //
Non/Fiction, Dan Gutstein, Edge Books //
Teen 2.0, Robert Epstein, Ph.D., Quill Driver Books //
Poetry
100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days, Ed. Rachel Zucker, Arielle Greenberg, Univ of Iowa Press //
darkacre, Greg Hewett, Coffee House Press
Floats Horse-Floats or Horse-Flows, Leslie Scalapino, Starcherone Books
Full Moon on K Street, Ed. Kim Roberts, Plan B Press //
Moth Moon, Matt Jasper, BlazeVOX [books] //
Multiverse, Mike Smith, BlazeVOX [books] //
So Late, So Soon, Carol Moldaw, Etruscan Press //
The Fire Diaries, Matt Schumacher, Wordcraft of Oregon //
The Thorn Rosary, Eileen R. Tabios, Marsh Hawk Press //
Unsound, Jennifer Mertenson, Burning Deck Press //
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